Abstract
To discuss the practice of memory and its relations to politics, social scientists rely on three kinds of practices - memorialising, memorising and the act of remembering/forgetting. The commemoration of "1857" is unique in that official celebrations of the event have been instituted even as 1857 continues to refigure in myths and endures as a symbol of popular resistance. The articles in this special issue address the seeming contradictions and complexities that "remembering" 1857 involves, and the tension that prevails between different kinds of recall.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1692-1695 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Economic and Political Weekly |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 19 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 May 2007 |